Doomed to be Cannon Fodder

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She’s somehow ended up transmigrating into the book as the supporting female lead, who was beaten to death! Deeply in love with the male lead, she’s fated to be beaten to a bloody pulp before even holding hands with him?!

First things first, she needs to survive and latch onto the big thigh of a patron. But the supporting male lead is a true gentleman and feels nothing for her stunning, alluring body. That’s alright! She’ll latch onto the old madame or the male lead then!

But why does the supporting male lead look at her with increasingly odd eyes? And what of that Wulin Alliance Head with the personality disorder? You’re just a random bystander, what are you getting involved for??

Finally, the male lead could bear it no longer and dragged her back to the Prince Li Manor…

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Pháo Hôi Nữ Xứng: Hoàn Khố Lệ Vương Phi
炮灰女配:纨绔厉王妃
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Drasna
Drasna rated it
August 4, 2018
Status: c291
The fact that the whole story of this novel was fast-paced and quite interesting made for a comfortable read. I loved the fact that the supporting female lead could recall how the novel which she read in her previous modern life was outlined and tried valiantly to assess the situations she found herself in so that she would not meet with the doomed ending as the supporting female lead of the novel. She was determined not to become 'Cannon Fodder' as her inherent character, which was totally different from that... more>> of the person in the novel, surfaced to protect her from harm. At some point in time it became evident that she actually exchanged places in this story with that of the female lead of the novel she read, but it was something that she didn't realize at the time. Therefore, some parts of this novel I found hilarious and could not stop myself from laughing out loud. I loved the male lead character and his indomitable spirit of honoring his mother, giving her face but ultimately ignoring her wishes or commands subtly in order to follow his heart's choice of spouse and lover. Overall both heroes and villains were colorful, energetic and entertaining. <<less
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Tuuna
Tuuna rated it
June 28, 2018
Status: c295
I loved this novel, it was a very cozy read with very little angst - I've even reread choice parts. The MC was pretty unique compared to other transmigration characters I've read. She was pretty pragmatic and didn't have any special powers or features. She also didn't really aspire for much beyond a safe existence - it was refreshing to read a novel very much focused on humour and relationships. Compared to other transmigration stories I felt that there was a refreshing lack of intrigue and politics. She just (unconsciously)... more>> seduced the ML by being cute and living her life as well as she could. I also felt that she was a character who wasn't irrational which is VERY rare, sure she was a bit silly and sometimes missed pretty obvious cues. But her actions were consistent and her thoughts logical.

All in all: read if you like sweet romance with no angst or irrational behaviour. <<less
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mxg
mxg rated it
June 16, 2018
Status: Completed
After stumbling around the Transmigration genre for quite a bit of time, I picked up this gem. I put off reading it because the summary was a little lacklustre. However, it's probably one of the best transmigration novels out there.

The romance is definitely there at the beginning, but it turns into love later on through steady (but hilarious) events. The MC annoyed me a little with how weak and fragile her new body seemed to be, but it soon added to the comedy. This was one of the few books... more>> which had me laughing out loud.

You shouldn't take the events in the novel so seriously. It intertwines some supernatural characteristics out of nowhere, but you soon begin to understand it's been done on purpose. The novel itself is an ode to other Transmigration novels - with the MC calling out cliche tropes such as endless supporting male leads, twisted reasoning, and convenient events that somehow seem to fix the problem the MC faces. It adds to the charm of the book in the end.

Overall, it was a really sweet story and is meant to be a light-hearted read. <<less
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Kurobito
Kurobito rated it
June 13, 2018
Status: Completed
First time for me to read a transmigrator vs transmigrator &reincarnator. Overall the story is great with quite a few (wait, a lot) of fluffy moments. Hope to find more of this kind of novel instead of too much novel with too OP FL. I really need a break from that.
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iampheng
iampheng rated it
May 21, 2018
Status: Completed
This is honestly one of the best stories in it's genre.

The MC is great, the ML... becomes better. I love that the premise of the story is actually less about surviving and being successful and more about just trying not to die in a miserable way. The second half got a little bit complicated with other characters but by then I was already rooting for the main characters.
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laeticia
laeticia rated it
March 23, 2018
Status: c295
Anamazing novel that I would recommend, one moment your feeling really anxious and angry, the next your melting in a pool envy of how you wish your life could be like that (not all like that I’d rather not get poisoned thank you very much). A definite 5 out of 5.
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CyCy
CyCy rated it
March 20, 2018
Status: Completed
When I first saw this novel. I didn't like the title. I was conflicted whether to read it or not. Thank you, my past self for clicking and reading it QAQ!!

I never regretted reading this novel. Imo, it's on my top 10 of best novels - well thats just my opinion.

The Romance cant be a tiiiinnny bit slow ... more>>
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cause of MC wants to hug the legs of our Second ML and was kinda oblivious to our ML's feelings for her But MC and ML still end together in their rainbow of happiness

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ANNDD DAAYM I was screaming my heart out thru out all the chapters. Especially when it comes to 100+ ish chapters.

I died many times in fluffyness, sweetness and everything. It was worth of my time and days reading it. NO REGRETS.

All in All: 10/10 would definitely read again. <<less
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Qearl
Qearl rated it
March 13, 2018
Status: Completed
Doomed to be canon fodder is one of the best romance novels I've read. The MCs just your average girl with no special talents and an over powered cactus. She transmigrated into the body of a princes concubine and tries to live her life without getting involved with the prince in anyway, but obviously it doesn't work out the way she wants it to. She tries to get the FL and ML together but little does she know she already replaced the FL. The ML is protective and caring of... more>> the MC and loves her.
Spoiler

there was this time the MC was kidnapped and her face was ruined and she was dirty everyone thought she was a beggar even the second ML (he even gave her money cause he thought she was a beggar) except the ML he noticed her right away.

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The MC knows her place as cannon fodder and tries to live life with courting death. She not smart but not dumb either, just average.

It's hard to feel bad for the FL when the MC tired to help her multiple times but she ignored her and thought the MC was fake and was trying to steal the ML from her. She even took the dark route and didn't get any happiness in the end. She deserved it considering how many guys she was trying to get together with at one time. She even got jealous of the MC and said she was trying to steal what's her when the MC offered it up to her in the beginning and she refused.

The endings okay though I would have preferred it if he didn't take the throne but at least he didn't have a harem. I rate it 4.5 because the ending was kind of a disappointment. I highly recommended. <<less
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Torterrain
Torterrain rated it
February 17, 2018
Status: Completed
First time reading a book with woman as a main character. Simply I wanted to try reading on. Not regretting with my decision. MC is a master of this genre (atleast for me) so it was easy to get a basic understanding of what is ok and what is not, in the world of ancient china. The book always had enough tension of what was going to happen to keep me reading onward.

I was kind of afraid of the harem part of this genre when the story started to progress.... more>> But because MC is not a woman that is easily pushed down like the ''real MC'', it turned out well and saved me from disliking this book.

I rate this 4, 5/5 <<less
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Nashi00
Nashi00 rated it
February 6, 2018
Status: Completed
This novel is simply entertaining and good!

I really, really like the MC. Not much to complain about.

I would give the novel 5 stars if it weren't for the "plot holes". There a lot of things that just don't make sense and totally illogical that will leave you like whaaaaaaat....
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For example, a REAL spoiled modern woman with princess syndrome would know things about war and such other spoiled princesses wouldn't know. Like what the literally f*ck. Also, it would be better if the MC had told the ML in more details about herself with the transmigration and her origin.

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Anyways there are a lot more problems with this novel BUT overall, it's nothing that will get you so annoyed that you will want to quit reading. In fact, despite the plot holes, it's really enjoyable to read and likable. <<less
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rdawv
rdawv rated it
February 5, 2018
Status: c115
Above average, but the first word that came to mind after a hundred chapters is "infuriating". As a parody it works well: the female MC relates the events around her to the tropes commonly found in the novels that she had read. Yet the author emphasizes on the dazzling attributes of the male characters and much of the MC's intelligence seem to diminish at every encounter.

She is fully aware of the circumstances surrounding the men, yet incredibly dense about her own impact on them. Time and again she would bring... more>> up her suspicions about the male lead, only to quickly dismiss them out of hand without even considering that she could be right. We are told that she wants to survive the terrible fate of her original body and thus would do things differently than the novel. But she remains blissfully unaware that her actions did change her fate. Instead of antagonizing the male lead as in the novel, she had unwittingly seduced him... and she completely ignore the possibility that her actions had made her attractive to him.

It is still an interesting read, but some of the cast are really blocks of wood (eg: the original novel female lead). As long as you expect a parody and not a work of true romance, it should be interesting to read.

Edit: The final parts of the novel seemed rushed, as new antagonists are thrown in without much explanation. As before, the author easily pulled out the tropes of webnovels and assume readers are already somewhat familiar with them. It is interesting to read, but by then the reader knows the so-called Cannon Fodder now has Full Plot Armor and able to solve many predicaments with sudden revelations suddenly given to her.

Though the gruesome ends of her enemies might be unsettling, in the end the novel remains a light-hearted read with much of the scales tipping in favour of the passionate descriptions of the MC and her male lead. <<less
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trippy-chan
trippy-chan rated it
February 4, 2018
Status: c295
This is a work that is ultimately amusing! Enjoyment comes with taking this novel with a grain of salt--some of the plot points get pretty strange and illogical. However, I think that it's (mostly) a purposeful decision on the author's part; this novel seems to lampshade and parody tropes of the harem genre. It's basically good for a casual read; don't expect stunning character development or anything.

I have to address some things that have been mentioned in other comments though. As I mentioned before, I am almost certain that the... more>> author meant for this work to be a parody, in a number of ways. One of the main points of humor is that the MC is subject to the white lotus characteristics of the body she transmigrated into. The original BXX was afraid of blood, so even if our MC is not, her body physically reacts anyway. Our MC mentions at many points that she herself can't believe how weak the body she's currently inhabiting is. She gets frustrated that her body will faint at any surprising stimuli. She does take advantage of her body's condition sometimes, in some funny, manipulative ways.

The ML was both a disappointment and not. He obviously thinks highly of the MC, to the point where he will defer to most of her judgment calls. Their interactions as a couple are adorable; they earnestly support each other. However, the ML still can't escape the conventional tropes that permeate such novels: the possessive (aka r*pe-y) lover. That's right folks, the MC and ML are a cute couple ONLY if we ignore their s*xual relationship. I think it's a side affect of the CN novel romance genre as a whole? I've seen it in many permutations across different works. It's like most CN novel authors are allergic to women (or for BL, the partner with the "woman's" role, which is a whole other problematic trend that I won't get into right now) feeling or expressing pleasure. It's not impossible to find a romance in which both characters mutually enjoy sleeping with each other, but it is damn rare. Why does the female character have to be in pain all the time?? We get enough of that ridiculousness in the real world, so why do these shitty situations have to carry over to our fantasy fiction too? Why do MLs always have to be "beasts" sexually? These are questions for which I have no answers. <<less
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araarq
araarq rated it
January 31, 2018
Status: Completed
I really liked this book. It was a cute story with likeable leads. The female lead was cute, sometimes airheaded but knew what to do and wasn't magically a genious when she transmigrated. The male lead was devoted and straightforward, and didnt hurt the female lead like other novels.

I'd also like to clear up the missunderstanding that the male lead r*ped the female lead. This isnt true. What actually happened was the SECONDARY male lead r*ped ORIGINAL female lead of the novel (who isnt the female lead we follow). The... more>> female lead we follow transmigrated into the body of a side villain of the origional novel <<less
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fvistar
fvistar rated it
January 31, 2018
Status: c290
One of the best Chinese novels I've read. I love To Be A Virtuous Wife and Eight Treasures Trousseau and have been looking for something similar. While this book shows more of the modern side of the MC, the historical part and the romance and the comedy makes me give this 5 stars. I love how the MC is not your typical MC because she wasn't supposed to be! She was supposed to be a cannon fodder but with her wits and courage (or a lack of in the beginning)... more>> she was able to overcome whatever obstacle came her way. The ML of course is so doting of her and I love every minute of it! Whenever a misunderstanding arose, it was quickly solved and not dragged out which I so love... Anyways, give this a try if any of those reasons above resonate with you. You won't regret it! <<less
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Yohono
Yohono
January 31, 2018
Status: c290
Great novel. Sad to see it end, but quite happy with the ending. It has been an interesting story from the start, every chapter was a must read. Love the characters. ML ando FL (come to) respect and love each other. Honestly want more. Thanks you author and translators, I appreciate the hard work and the great story.
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Xiaremae
Xiaremae rated it
September 19, 2017
Status: c165
As compared to the usual transmigration novels with OP MC heroines, this one can be considered to be a breath of fresh air. It's funny and entertaining and I love the fluffy interactions of the MC and the ML plus the MIL.
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alexfilia
alexfilia rated it
August 13, 2017
Status: --
The MC gets pulled into the world of a novel she was reading and has the role of the cannon fodder who dies for a s*upid reason.... Since the MC doesnt want to share the same fate she changes the story little by little to the point the plot has nothing to do with the original ending
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QueenAi
QueenAi rated it
July 19, 2017
Status: c96
This novel is awesome! Not your typical MC. Just a bystander who only wants to survive. Really funny characters. You will just want to cheer c*ckblocking everyone. Hahahaha.
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Leili_jb
Leili_jb rated it
November 5, 2023
Status: c250
fluffy and sweet but dummmmmb

if u looking for fluff it's not bad but don't expect logic just close ur eye's enjoy fluff and don't look for plot or reasoning

omg I don't know wtf is exactly is that cactus!!

at first it talks then it plays CCTV by thorns then it appears in dreams of FL to show her some scene then it can shows future and then can show past seriously wtf!!!! Where is the logic couldn't author just use some holy spirit or celestial being instead if dumb cactus even... more>> if u want to use cactus in this term why his abilities have sudden develop when it's necessary!

another problem is FL drastic change of character without develop in midway that doesn't quit fit in

in the beginning she is so timid a bit dumb and logic but with sudden blow she became courageous and bold and willful two complete opposite without develop even at beginning I didn't like her but after some chapters I started liking her or get used to it but her acts and character in the end didn't have any relation with her first image and it didn't fit <<less
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LII_Vera
LII_Vera rated it
October 5, 2023
Status: --
It is, plainly speaking, one of my favourite novels on the site, second, maybe, only to The Story of Minglan or The Job of an Imperial Concubine (all three are very different, though).

First of all — the MC. She’s realistic! Help me heavens she thinks like a modern person, a regular girl, not a divine doctor, or an assassin, or a CEO. She just liked novels and suddenly transmigrated.

She can be scared, she tries to go back, and she’s consistent with her way of thinking and basic understanding of the... more>> novel she’s in. She’s cute, but not s*upid, naive sometimes, but can be decisive and crafty.

The novel itself is very light-hearted, all misunderstandings are resolved, and the MC slowly, but steadily, gains love and appreciation of all the people around.

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As for ML being, hmmm, more enthusiastic than MC in the matters of flesh, let’s put it that way, imo it’s a cultural thing, and more on the author failing to portray their dynamic in bed, rather than the character being intentionally evil and unfeeling, as otherwise ML is characterised as an inexperienced and earnest person, who, before MC, was wary of women in general, and tries his best to be good to MC.

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It’s not worth it to continue reading much further than MC’s pregnancy and birth, though. It’s not bad enough to be awful, but it lacks the charm of the previous chapters, some irrational things happen, supernatural element becomes more prominent and it all ends up not mattering too much. The birth of their child may as well be the end. <<less
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